Review the poem below. In the discussion, share a metaphor that you found and what it helped you visualize. Be sure to comment on at least two of your classmates responses!


Metaphor for a Family
by: Belinda
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My family lives inside a medicine chest:

Dad is the super-size band aid, strong and powerful

but not always effective in a crisis.

Mom is the middle-size tweezer,

which picks and pokes and pinches.

David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf,

sometimes ignored.

Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball, stained and dirty,

that pops off the shelf and bounces in my way as I open the door.

And I am the wood and glue which hold us all together with my love.


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